I saw the logic that they used, and the death of a thousand cuts as experimental scientists slowly chipped away at the belief that the world was an inexplicably powerful, magical place. Ultimately they failed, though. The magic never really went away. It waited, quietly, for people to return to it when they found the science wanting.

She was like a camera that had been chronically out of focus until someone came by and twisted the lenses into alignment.

Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't bring their cherished theories into question or they focus on it with laserlike intensity and try to get to the bottom of the mystery.

With knot of one, the spell's begun. With knot of two, the spell be true. With knot of three, the spell is free. With knot of four, the power is stored. With knot of five, the spell with thrive. With knot of six, this spell I fix.

My ideas about vampires may by romantic, but your attitudes toward women need a major overhaul.

Memories were short and history unkind. It was the way of the world.

Se Souvenir du passe, et qu'il ya un avenir: Remember the past, and that there is a future.